Reinforced-concrete tie.



H. S. ADAMS & G. F. WAGINER.

REINFORCED CONCRETE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. I9I5.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2G, 19115.

Application led March 13, 1915. Serial No. 14,1111.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY S. ADAMS and GEORGE F. WAGENER, citizens of the a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters' and 'figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in concrete ties and consists of a simple and eiiicient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

Our invention is illustrated in the ac- .companying drawings, in which:

lFigure 1 is a central vertical section through a tiemade in accordance with our invention showing the rail in cross section held thereto. Fig.' 2 is a transverse sectional view through the tie. l

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a tie made up of concrete and in which are embedded series of rods B, and C designates a plate upon the top of the tie to which the rail AD is held' by means of the plates E which are a ertured for the reception of the bolts F. aid concrete tie has embedded therein a horizontally disp-[osed apertured plate H having apertures therein, and angle plates I with bolt apertures I in the apex thereof and .which apertures I are in registration with the apertures H in the plate H; Bare embedded in the concrete, two opposite; the lower ends ofthe 'angle plate and the Aupper two opposite and spaced apart from the opposite edges of the plate H, anda wire N is wound about the several rods B and pass underneath and forms a support for the lower ends of the angle plate I and also a transverse portion of the wire engages underneath and forms a support for the plate H. Said bolt has a. head F which, when adjusted in place, oc cupies the space between the walls of the angle plate I and in the countersunken hole S formed in the bottom of the tie, while its upper portion passes through an aperture in the plate C and is adapted to receive the nut T. In adjusting the parts in place, it willl be noted that the tie is so constructed that the bolt may be slipped through the tie and through the apertures in the two i plates and held in a locked relation by means of the nut and by which construction the bolt may be readily removed when desired by reason of the peculiar', construction shown and described.

What we claim to be new is A reinforced concrete tie having an ,angle .plate embedded near/the lower portion of 'the tie and a fiat plate in the tie above said angle plate, said plates provided with registering apertures, a bolt passing through said apertures and having a head engaging the walls of the angle plate and positionedintermediate the same, rods embedded in the tie, and a wire passing about said rods and engaging said plates.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses. HARRY S. ADAMS.

4 GEORGE F. WAGENER. I Witnesses:

GRACE RUMsnY, M. H. BURKY. 

